Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,322 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Daniel A. Collins (1916-2007)
Lucille Hegamin
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Lucille Hegamin (1894-1970)
Isaac Woodard, Jr. Escorted by Joe Louis and Unidentified Man, 1946
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Isaac Woodard (1919-1992)
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Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935)

Explore Global African History

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Haile Gebre Selassie (1973- )
Steve Biko memorial, 1977
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(1969) SASO Black Students’ Manifesto
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(1953) Nnamdi Azikiwe, “Speech on Secession”
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Amílcar Lopes Cabral (1924-1973)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Tears We Cannot Stop: Michael Eric Dyson Explains Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy to Us Today
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Remembering Sara Dunlap Jackson (1919-1991)
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After the Underground Railroad: Finding the African North Americans who Returned from Canada
Market exterior and cars, South Side Chicago, ca. 1970
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The Nation of Islam’s Economic Program, 1934-1975

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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